When entering a reference on the "Go to Bible" tool, the reference can take the following forms.

1 John 5:1 1 John 5.1 (may use a period instead of a colon) 1 john 5:1 (upper or lower case accepted) 1John 5:1 (spaces are not required) 1 John 5 (if no verse is specified, verse = 1) 1 John (if no chapter is specified,

chapter and verse = 1)

Following is a list of recommended abbreviations to use when manually entering a verse reference in our search tool.